Description

1.
1811 GRAPE LANE
(South Side)

Captain Cook's House
NZ 9011 2/135 23.2.54.

I GV

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3 storeys in brick with maroon ochre. Heavy diagonal brick eaves cornice.
4 windows, one blocked, arranged in pairs, flush frames, double-hung sashes
with glazing bars and small brick leaded oval windows to ends of elevation
on 1st and 2nd floors. Late C18 or early C19 elephant backed fluted pedimented
doorcase with blocked radiating fanlight and 6-fielded door with 2 glazed
panels, on left. Interior with panelling. Attics unchanged where, from
1746, the future Captain Cook lived when apprenticed to Captain Walker.
Inset foot scraper. May be of earlier origins, but bears plaque in front
on centre over ground floor inscribed D (over) MS 1688 for Moses and Susannah
Dring. NMR.

Captain Cook's House, the Clinic and Nos 19 to 28 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: NZ9003011043

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Captain Cook Museum Whitby at Wikipedia
• Captain Cook Museum Whitby official website
• Wikidata Q5036604

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)